Public Domain Product Ideas

The Animal Kingdom According to Its Organization from the Foundation for the Natural History of Animals by Baron Cuvier is in the public domain. You can grab a copy of the series here http://www.archive.org/details/animalkingdomarr03cuvi.

Why would you want to grab this public domain book series on animals?

There are four volumes which means there’s an abundance of opportunity to repurpose or reformat the content. Each volume is divided by animal category and the third volume is a series of plates, images, of the animal kingdom.

This book series could appeal to an animal niche by creating smaller books for children about a particular animal species for example a book on mammals, a book on reptiles and so forth. The plates could also be used to create posters, coloring pages, coffee table books, and printer friendly images.

If your niche is more narrow than ‘animals’ and perhaps you have a business devoted to Lobster then the images can be used to create fantastic pictures, calendars, and even lobster classification postcards, placemats and other novelties.

The books are also packed with valuable scientific information so they can be reprinted as is, perhaps polished up with new covers and some more pictures, and marketed to budding zoologists, biologists, and even veterinarians.

Okay, what if you’re not in an animal industry?

The third volume is packed with seaside images – shells and sea creatures galore. Crabs, lobsters, and a bevy of mollusks and shellfish fill the pages of this gorgeous book. The plates could make for a fantastic seashore lifestyles niche product.

Spider fanatics will shiver when they see the image collection in the third volume. Imagine how fantastic little boys might find a picture book or poster with creepy crawly spider pictures!

If you’re looking for amazing animal graphics or cater to the animal lover niche then checking out this public domain book series is a must.

Adventurers and explorers have a way of capturing our imagination. The life or death situations they narrowly escape from, the risks they take, and the stories and images they come back with all spark excitement inside of us. The stories of explorers and their expeditions enable us to experience their adventures without having to strap on a pair of snowshoes and walk across the arctic tundra. We get much of the benefit without any of the pain!

Creating a product, a book about the explorations and adventures of famous explorers could take several years to create. Interviews, content, and images will all need to be collected or created. Who has time for that, particularly when there are truly magnificent books on the subject in the public domain?

The Last Secrets; The Final Mysteries Of Exploration by John Buchan is available on the public domain and is a real find for true adventure aficionados - http://www.archive.org/details/lastsecretsfinal00buchuoft. This book is jam packed with fantastic stories and even better images which stir the imagination and get the adrenaline pumping.

Open the book, or flip through the PDF, and the first image readers will come to is a striking photo of Mt Everest. There are more images of Everest later on as well as Mt McKinley and a wealth of maps and plates which when combined could create a fantastic stand alone product like a calendar or a coffee table book.

The Last Secrets contains nine stories of harrowing adventure. Each story could stand alone quite easily as a short book simply reprinted or you could add to each story with other known facts and images about that particular explorer, expedition or area. Everest, for example, has had hundreds of explorers summit each year and everyone has a story to tell. You could also dig up a few public domain magazine articles or images on the subject of climbing, exploring and unique areas like Everest, McKinley, and Kilimanjaro to supplement your mountaineering guide book, coffee table book or story.

The adventure stories in The Last Secrets can be updated with current maps and images as well as tips and advice for present day explorers who wish to follow in the footsteps. Your products could even include affiliate links to travel books, organizations, and adventure gear. The possibility to profit from this public domain gem is just waiting for the right person. You?

Baseball is still considered America’s past time right? It has a rich history full of statistics, quotes and of course images.

Grab this public domain book and capitalize on our Nation’s favorite pastime.

Scientific Baseball by John McGraw published in 1913 is available at http://www.archive.org/details/scientificbaseba00mcgrrich

Jump inside this book by clicking on the image at the link or download it as a PDF. The first thing you might notice are the amazing photographs. Not only are there some wonderful historic images but for folks looking to understand the science behind the perfect pitch there are wonderful images which explain how it all works. You can create a book with these images and strategies alone.

However Scientific Baseball also offers those statistics that true baseball lovers can’t seem to get enough of. A short ebook can be created with this history or you could supplement it with statistics past to present.

Scientific Baseball also offers schedules and an explanation of the game which can be pulled apart for content or kept together as one large and comprehensive book. You could even pull the schedules out and offer them as a bonus product. Research public domain magazines from the same time period and add historical photos and images of record breaking games and baseballs heros and villains.

Show your audience how the rules have changed in baseball over the years, explore scandals and records. Compare batting averages, and infield and outfield strategies then and now. This book offers a ton of product options.

A collection of images, Joe Wood, Frank Chance and Ty Cobb and much more, are a great source of possibilities. What baseball lover wouldn’t want a poster of Ty Cobb swinging or Wagner beating the throw home?

Not interested in creating an information product from Scientific Baseball? Read it aloud or hire someone to, and create an audio book or podcast. The sky is the limit when it comes to baseball aficionados. Hit a home run with this public domain content today!